C468 OA, informatics PRACTICE assessment questions
with verified answers
2 Governing Authorities to protect Information Ans✓✓✓ -HIPPA
-ANA code of ethics
3 Principles that make up an organization culture of safety Ans✓✓✓ -
Commitment of resources
-Cross collaboration
-Blame free environment
A common request contained in a Request for Info) RFI documentation includes
Ans✓✓✓ -Company history
A computer program was implemented at a hospital that required nurses to wait
until the patient arrived in the emergency room and was registered into the
program before orders for critical time-sensitive treatment could be written.
How could this program become a barrier to the nurses attempting to deliver
patient-centered care? Ans✓✓✓ The time spent waiting for the program to
register the patient could delay critical care being delivered in a timely manner.
A family member is unsure what to do for a home hospice patient who is restless
and agitated during the night. Ans✓✓✓ real time monitoring
A local medical clinic is attempting to develop an electronic health record (EHR)
system.
,Which challenges should the organization anticipate? Ans✓✓✓ Identifying data
needs for differing nursing practice specialties
Implementing standardization of documentation across physician offices
A nurse documents care of a patient with a decubitus ulcer in the electronic
health record.
Which term describes the electronic health record in this situation? Ans✓✓✓
Information system
A nurse is reviewing a patient's pneumonia vaccination status in the electronic
medical record. The nurse determines the patient needs this vaccine before
discharge to meet the requirements of a current clinical pathway.
Why would the nurse use information systems in this manner? Ans✓✓✓ To
promote desired clinical outcomes
A nurse is struggling to work full-time in a hospital setting time while completing
her Masters. Ans✓✓✓ online classroom
A nurse is working on a medical surgical unit and is concerned over a patient's
worsening heart failure. The nurse calls the provider to discuss the assessments.
How does the electronic medical record facilitate a collaborative discussion in this
situation?
, Choose 2 answers Ans✓✓✓ The provider can visualize the chest x-ray remotely.
The provider has access to the data being discussed.
A nurse manager identifies several advanced practice nurses at an ICU
workstation responding to multiple patient alarms. She notices that the acuity of
one patient drastically increases the demand for staff resources.
How can workflow analysis impact practice in this situation? Ans✓✓✓ It provides
observation and documentation of what is happening in the current environment.
A nurse receives a computerized alert of a critical lab value on her patient. This
computerized alert informs the nurse that an action needs to be taken and
provides suggestions for clinical intervention.
Which technology did the nurse employ to achieve an enhanced safe practice
environment? Ans✓✓✓ Use of a clinical decision support tool
A nursing informatics specialist at a small, rural hospital implemented a clinical
information system utilizing an electronic health record (EHR). She obtained input
from nurses regarding selection of the specific EHR. She noted that some of the
nurses had negative attitudes towards a change to the EHR, but she encouraged
them to try the system and note its benefits. She implemented the system after
all nurses were trained about the EHR. There were numerous complaints about
the EHR, which the Nursing Informatics Specialist decided to ignore since the
personnel were new to the system.
Which barrier to implementing technology is present in the scenario? Ans✓✓✓
Lack of continued support
with verified answers
2 Governing Authorities to protect Information Ans✓✓✓ -HIPPA
-ANA code of ethics
3 Principles that make up an organization culture of safety Ans✓✓✓ -
Commitment of resources
-Cross collaboration
-Blame free environment
A common request contained in a Request for Info) RFI documentation includes
Ans✓✓✓ -Company history
A computer program was implemented at a hospital that required nurses to wait
until the patient arrived in the emergency room and was registered into the
program before orders for critical time-sensitive treatment could be written.
How could this program become a barrier to the nurses attempting to deliver
patient-centered care? Ans✓✓✓ The time spent waiting for the program to
register the patient could delay critical care being delivered in a timely manner.
A family member is unsure what to do for a home hospice patient who is restless
and agitated during the night. Ans✓✓✓ real time monitoring
A local medical clinic is attempting to develop an electronic health record (EHR)
system.
,Which challenges should the organization anticipate? Ans✓✓✓ Identifying data
needs for differing nursing practice specialties
Implementing standardization of documentation across physician offices
A nurse documents care of a patient with a decubitus ulcer in the electronic
health record.
Which term describes the electronic health record in this situation? Ans✓✓✓
Information system
A nurse is reviewing a patient's pneumonia vaccination status in the electronic
medical record. The nurse determines the patient needs this vaccine before
discharge to meet the requirements of a current clinical pathway.
Why would the nurse use information systems in this manner? Ans✓✓✓ To
promote desired clinical outcomes
A nurse is struggling to work full-time in a hospital setting time while completing
her Masters. Ans✓✓✓ online classroom
A nurse is working on a medical surgical unit and is concerned over a patient's
worsening heart failure. The nurse calls the provider to discuss the assessments.
How does the electronic medical record facilitate a collaborative discussion in this
situation?
, Choose 2 answers Ans✓✓✓ The provider can visualize the chest x-ray remotely.
The provider has access to the data being discussed.
A nurse manager identifies several advanced practice nurses at an ICU
workstation responding to multiple patient alarms. She notices that the acuity of
one patient drastically increases the demand for staff resources.
How can workflow analysis impact practice in this situation? Ans✓✓✓ It provides
observation and documentation of what is happening in the current environment.
A nurse receives a computerized alert of a critical lab value on her patient. This
computerized alert informs the nurse that an action needs to be taken and
provides suggestions for clinical intervention.
Which technology did the nurse employ to achieve an enhanced safe practice
environment? Ans✓✓✓ Use of a clinical decision support tool
A nursing informatics specialist at a small, rural hospital implemented a clinical
information system utilizing an electronic health record (EHR). She obtained input
from nurses regarding selection of the specific EHR. She noted that some of the
nurses had negative attitudes towards a change to the EHR, but she encouraged
them to try the system and note its benefits. She implemented the system after
all nurses were trained about the EHR. There were numerous complaints about
the EHR, which the Nursing Informatics Specialist decided to ignore since the
personnel were new to the system.
Which barrier to implementing technology is present in the scenario? Ans✓✓✓
Lack of continued support
